performance poetry
Performance Poetry is poetry out loud; poems brought from the page to the stage.
Amanda Gorman Inspires
On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Ms. Gorman, a resident and youth poet laureate of Los Angeles, and a Harvard graduate, is the youngest inaugural poet, only 22 years of age. She is also the nation’s first ever youth poet laureate. She is one of only six inaugural poets, and is in some fine company, to say the least. The first poet to read at a Presidential inauguration was Robert Frost in 1961, followed by Maya Angelou in 1993, Miller Williams in 1997, Elizabeth Alexander in 2009, Richard Blanco in 2013, and of course, Amanda Gorman in 2021. Her poem was written to call for “unity and collaboration and togetherness.”
By Joe Palumbo5 years ago in Poets
And A Leo Does it Well
To Those Who I Know Are Listening, I’m invested in trying to become the best version of a Leo. I’ve figured first you gotta try and I know I’ll succeed because Leos get things done and get it done well. I’m trying to become the best version of a Leo. Trying to become the baddest of the jungle. Trying to become the biggest cat in the savannah.
By Kayla Hunt5 years ago in Poets
